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(No Model.)

" O. E. PATTERSON.

AUTOMATIG PIGTUEE EXHIBITOR.

No. 399,553. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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l LllliiY lJVVIERSON, OF NEW YORK, X. 'Y.

AU'E'Uh'lATiC PICTUHE EXl-HSITOR.

3?;flilFllGA'iIIC N forming" part of Letters Application filed May 19, 1888,

lZe it, known thntl, (14111.1 Ennn jlirrifnir SON, n1 eitizen ot the United States, residing at New York, in the eonntyol' New York 21nd State otNewh'orh, have invented eertnin new and useful lnipr wenient's in fant'oinntie lCxhihitingr-llnohines: 211111 l do herehv deelnre seription ot the invention, snehns will enable i others skilled in the art to whieh it appertnins to 111:1l1ez111d 11sethesntne.

This invention relates to eoi11-ope1ntetl exhihitinezippiinneel-i, the ohjeet ol' the invention heine' to provide 11 11 nntonmtie, simple, and dnrnhle npjmrntns adapted to the exhibition of photoe'rnphie or other views or pietzures; 211111 to this end the invention consists of 2L pietnre or view holder nrrnng'ed within :1 ezise that provided with :1 lens or :1 pair ot. lenses, 11 weight or spring zirrzineml in eonneetion with the view-holder,z111d21reteli11ing nieehnnisin, whieh upon the deposit of a coin will he 111oved to :11 position sneh that the (eight or spring wiil he tree to net to 1dvnnee the pit-t11re-holder. all as will he hereinnl'ter nun-e ['nliv d seribed, and spreifieallv pointed out in the 51;:

Heli'ere11e:, is to he hnd to the 1111 eon1pnnving drawings, t'orniing' pit of tion, in which sin-.iinr r ren letters indiente eorres; o11ding views.

mrts in all the Patent No. 899,558, dated March 12, 1889.

Serial No. 274,418. (No model.)

sleeve 1% int-1J1 he moved torwnrd with the shntt l seenre a1 rntehet 2;, :11; one end ot the drum, said r: tehet heine; enenged h v :1 pawl, 22;, that is enrried hp 111 tlnngge, 2t, 1nnde inteernl with or rigidly eonnerted to the sleeve, and in order thnt the eord may he wound upon the drum without distnrhing the position of the sleevel provide snid sieeve with :1 rntehet, 25, that is engaged 11v :1 pawl, 20, said pawl heing; supported llf the eross-hz1r it while the end of the shaft it, which extends thrtmgh the ense, 21s shown at u, is of proper ti'orm to lit the seeket of :1 wrench or key.

in addition to the parts deserihed, the sleeve 1t enrries 1111 1111-111, it said 2117111 heing provided with :1 lntendlv-extending pin or stud, 7, tlri is adapted to engage one of the slots 11 01": :1 disk, 2%, nt eneh revolution of the sleeve. The disk 28 is rigidly eonneeted to l the shaft 12, and in the etnistrnetionshown is this speeiti 1:1- ee tie'nres and 1 1 resptnid with the nninher el pietnr s carried provided with fenr slots, 11. The number of slots, however, would he varied, so as to cor- 1 hr the holder )1.

lr ignre l is z; cross-sleetionnl viewot' 1111 i111- he seen that forever revolntionoti' the sleeve u 1 In (t s, ltl ri-presents :1 ease, in the helow the liorizontnl t'oeztl plane, {111d preferably in the vertiien l fUtEtl plnne of the lenses, there is mounted :1 shaft, 1; whieh serves 21s thesnpor view holder eonsisting; of 111 111th, l2 provided with rndinlly-extendineztrms l1, having spring-lingers 1:, as shown; or any other proper view-hohi' 1ez1pplinnee might he e111- ploved.

11 lielow the shaft 12, l1nonnt a short From theeonstrnetion inst deserihed it will oi the exhibitor.

In order that the zidvsneing' ineehzinisln 111a he held against 1111 1 forward movement except; upon the deposit ot 11 eoin, I provide the shaft 12 with 211 d t l-1,130, that is formed with :1 stop or projection, 23], that: is eng'zig'ed by one end of :1 trippinedever,I32, the other end of said lever extending to a point beneath a coin-chute, 33, said coin-chute leading upward to a coinslot, 34, that'is formed in the chute 33, and, striking the lever 32, will overbalance the weighted lever end and carry such end from engagement with the stop 31, thus permitting the weight to act through the intermediate connections to advance the shaft 12 step by step, so that the pictures carried by the holder A will be successively brought into position in the focal plane of the lenses, the weighted end of the lever dropping back against the peripheral face of the disk 30 immediately upon the discharge of the, coin by which the lever was tripped, and consequently after one revolution of the shaft 12 the stop 31 will once more be engaged by the lever and the parts will be held against any continued forward movement until another coin is dropped into the rec ivingslot.

If desired, the movement of the weight 21 might be retarded by means of a pendulumescapement such as that shown at B, or retarding gearing might be interposed between the drum-shaft and the shaft 12.

In Fig. 4 I illustrate a modified construction for bringing the pictures to a momentary stop just as they reach the focal plane. In this case the drum 17 could be carried by the shaft 12, and the stoppage of the parts brought about by a pendulum-eseapenlent, (J, the teeth of the starwheel being so located that just as a view is brought to the required position it will be held to place during a portion of the vibration of the pendulum, as will be readily understood. Access to the coins delivered from the lever 32 is secured by providing the case 10 with a small trap or door, as 50, which trap or door may be placed as desired.

Instead of employing a hub having radial arms which serve as supports for the pictures, I might use such a construction as that shown in Fig. 3, wherein the picturesupporting arms are represented as extending outward from an endless carrier-belt, 41, that is supported on two polygonous drums, one of which drums would in practice be carried by the shaft 12. In this case the space between the picture-supporting arms should be equal to the circumferential width of the polygon faces.

Although I have herein illustrated and described specific constructions, I desire it to be distinctly understood that any equivalent constructions could be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention, the essential feature of which is the production of a mechanism, whereby upon the deposit of a coin a series of views will be automatically moved to a position such that they may be seen by the party depositing the coin.

IIavingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an automatic picture-exhibitor, the combination, with a picture-holder, of an actuating-shaft upon which said holder is mounted, a motor connected to said shaft and tending to revolve the same, and a lever normall y blocking said shaft against revolution, said lever being interposed in the path of entrance of a coin, so as to be tripped by said coin, substantially as described.

In an automatic picture-exhibitor, the combination,with a picture-holiiler, of an actuating-shaft upon which said holder is mounted, a motor connected to said shaft and tending to revolve the same, a lever normally blocking said shaft against revolution, and a coin-chute leading to the free end of the lever, substantially as described.

3. In an automatic picture-exhibitor, the combination, with a picture-holder, of an actuating -shaft upon which said holder is mounted, a motor connected to said shaft and tending to revolve the same, a lever normally blocking said shaft against revolution, said lever being interposed in the path of entrance of a coin, whereby it may be tripped by said coin, and a Geneva stop-movement located between the motor and the pictureholder shaft, substantially as described.

at. In an automatic picture-exhibitor, the combination, with a picture-holder, of an actuating-shaft upon which said picture-holder is mounted, a motor connected to said shaftand tending to revolve the same, said motor consisting of a shaft, a drum carried thereby, a cord and a weight attached to said cord, a lever normally blocking said picture-holder shaft against revolution, said lever being interposed in the path of entrance of a coin, whereby it may be tripped by said coin, and a Geneva stop-movement located between the motor and the picture-holder shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARA EMILY IA'IT'IERSON.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES S. PATTERSON, JAMES \\'M. Parrnnsrm.

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